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UNHCR Applauds Liberia for Removing…

13.11.2022 UNHCH Communique

UNHCR applauds Liberia for removing gender discrimination from its nationality law … In a major development to prevent statelessness, Liberia has amended its nationality law to grant women and men equal rights to confer nationality to their…

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In Ghana Women are Leading a Feminist…

13.11.2022 Sally Hayden

Activist, feminist, and media personality Nana Akosua Hanson is changing how women are treated in the west African coastal country of 32 million … Nana Akosua Hanson at work with colleagues at the Africomics Workshop in Accra, Ghana. Photograph:

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Still too many violated and excluded women

13.11.2022 Linda Bordoni

 UNIDO’s Akemi Ishikawa speaks to Vatican Radio in the wake of the “Empowerment of Women in Conflict Areas” Conference marking the 80th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and the Holy See. As an Industrial Development Expert involved in…

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Here's Why It's Hard For Women in…

13.11.2022 Ashraf Shazly

Getting a promotion once inside is near impossible, say media organizations in Sudan. Ashraf Shazly/AFP … Sabah Adam is a rarity in Sudanese media: one of the few women who has managed to reach the top of her industry. As the former chief editor of…

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Carrying the cries of South Sudanese women…

13.11.2022 World Council of Churches

At the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe Germany, Jackcilia Salathiel Ebere will be carrying the voices of women from South Sudan who are crying for peace and justice. Jackcilia Salathiel Ebere, national women coordinator at the…

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South Sudan’s Women Peacekeepers Tackle the…

13.11.2022 Staff Reporter

October 9, 2018: The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has few women in its ranks – just slightly more than the worldwide average. However, they play an important role in gathering information from the population and helping the…

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